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verb/trænzˈleɪt/
/trænzˈleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they translate | /trænzˈleɪt/ /trænzˈleɪt/ |
| he / she / it translates | /trænzˈleɪts/ /trænzˈleɪts/ |
| past simple translated | /trænzˈleɪtɪd/ /trænzˈleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle translated | /trænzˈleɪtɪd/ /trænzˈleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form translating | /trænzˈleɪtɪŋ/ /trænzˈleɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to express the meaning of speech or writing in a different language
- translate something into something He translated the letter into English.
- Her books have been translated into 24 languages.
- Can you help me translate this legal jargon into plain English?
- translate something from something This chapter was translated from the French by Oliver Breen.
- translate something from something into something His works have been translated from French into countless languages.
- translate something as something ‘Suisse’ had been wrongly translated as ‘Sweden’.
- translate (something) The novel has been widely translated.
- I don't speak Greek so Dina offered to translate for me.
- translate from something My work involves translating from German.
- translate into something My father dictated in Polish while I translated into English.
- translate from something into something I spoke to him through my friend who translated from Arabic into English.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- literally
- accurately
- correctly
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- be difficult to
- …
- as
- for
- from
- …
- widely translated
- [intransitive] to be changed from one language to another
- Most poetry does not translate well.
- translate as something The Welsh name translates as ‘Land's End’.
- It's a Spanish word that roughly translates as 'unease'.
- ‘Tiramisu’ literally translates as ‘pull-me-up’.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- literally
- accurately
- correctly
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- be difficult to
- …
- as
- for
- from
- …
- widely translated
- [transitive, intransitive] to change something into a different form; to lead to a particular result
- translate something (into something) It's time to translate words into action.
- translate into something I hope all the hard work will translate into profits.
Extra Examples- You need to translate your ideas into practice.
- A small increase in local spending will translate into a big rise in council tax.
- Teacher expectations do not automatically translate themselves into student results.
- The lost trade revenue ultimately translated into job losses at home.
- Most attempts to translate Shakespeare to the small screen are not successful.
- The story translates well to the screen.
- I'm not sure how well the American system would translate to a European context.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- easily
- readily
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- be difficult to
- …
- into
- translate something into action
- translate something into practice
- [transitive, intransitive] translate (something) (as something) to understand something in a particular way or give something a particular meaning synonym interpret
- the various words and gestures that we translate as love
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin translat- ‘carried across’, past participle of transferre, from trans- ‘across’ + ferre ‘to bear’.
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